training or learning activities that are for the benefit of other disabled people or the disability sector in general.

Priority Areas

Learning topics that align to the following areas will be prioritised:

Positive Behaviour Support

Autism

Whaia Te Ao Marama

High and Complex

Increased awareness of the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) amongst both the disability workforce, and disabled people and their families/whānau/carers

Leadership development of provider organisations, Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), disabled people and whānau

Demonstrated use of the Let’s get real: Disability seven Real Skills, to inform the application is critical assessment criteria for the panel:

Participants can be funded up to $5,000 (GST inclusive) per calendar year.

Organisations can be funded up to $80,000 (GST inclusive) per calendar year.

Funding Criteria

The consumer leadership development grant covers the costs of consumers or family/whānau taking part in leadership development activities. For the purpose of this grant ‘consumer’ includes disabled people and family and whānau.

The grant can be used for:

course or workshop fees

related resources (for example, workbooks, tutors/facilitators)

accessibility costs for disabled people, including travel and accommodation and the cost of support people (accessibility costs do not count towards individual or organisational caps).

The grant does not fund course development and administration, standard service delivery, service development and business-as-usual costs.

Eligibility Criteria

A participant must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and one of the following:

a disabled person eligible to receive Ministry of Health funded disability services or a family/whānau member of an eligible disabled person

a Ministry of Health funded Disability Support Services Individualised Funding (IF) client/agent (or a district health board if clients/agents are not eligible)

sponsored by an organisation and supported to participate in the learning activity

a person who is using a new funding model as part of Disability System Transformation in the MidCentral region.

An organisation must be:

a Ministry of Health funded Disability Service Provider; or

a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) that is part of the DPO coalition.

Applications can be made by Disabled Support Services (DSS) providers that hold a current Ministry of Health contract, or by Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) that are part of the DPO coalition.

Applications can be made in support of development activities for consumers associated with the applicant organisation; or an organisation can sponsor an application by consumers beyond their service.

To be sponsored for this grant need to be eligible for DSS services. If applicant are eligible for services but not receiving them, they can also be sponsored. Check if they are eligible for DSS services.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

Eligible Country: New Zealand

For more information, please visit https://www.tepou.co.nz/disability-workforce/consumer-leadership-development-grant/71